Friday's letters: Mideast failure

Published: Friday, November 2, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 8:02 p.m.

To the editor: I can’t believe the Obama administration is so inconsistent on Mideast policy.

We jumped all over Moammar Gadhafi with no-fly zones, missile attacks on military compounds and tanks when he was attacking his own people.

Bashar al-Assad in Syria has killed 30,000, and we don’t impose a no-fly zone with almost every Arab nation wanting it in the area? Are we afraid of offending Russia and Iran?

I bet even Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia could do it without our assistance if we gave them the go-ahead. We have sold them enough airplanes in the past to get the job done.

Fred Diehn

Horse Shoe

Mitt gets my vote

To the editor: Mr. Stephen Black’s column of Oct. 20 shows he believes in a different God or doesn’t understand the true God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) that we evangelical Christians believe in.

He stated that had God been elected president four years ago, He could not have changed the country for the better. My God can do whatever He chooses (Psalms 115:3). He is omnipotent and totally sovereign. So much so that nothing in this universe happens unless He causes it or allows it. He certainly could’ve changed this country, whether president or not.

Mr. Black further stated he cannot support a “fat-cat Republican” for president, so he will vote for President Barack Obama. His vote supports a candidate and political party that believes in same-sex marriage and abortion on demand. (More than 50 million babies have been killed in the United States since Roe v. Wade in 1973.) Consider God’s Holy inspired word on homosexuality. (Leviticus 20:13 and I Corinthians 6:9.)

As a Christian, I can’t and will not vote for a candidate who favors same-sex marriage and/or abortion on demand, regardless of political affiliation.

So, Mr. Black, Mitt Romney is the only choice I have, and he’ll have my vote.

J.W. Wright Jr.

Flat Rock

Out of touch

To the editor: I’ve made some observations about Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Obama clearly has a passion for the poor and middle class. He will never forget when he was in that position.

Romney is aloof since he has never been poor. When he speaks, his heart isn’t in it. He is truly out of touch with reality.

In the real world, people lose their jobs. People become disabled by no fault of their own. The working poor do not get a fair wage. People do need assistance with the basic necessaries to survive. Romney would cut food stamps and programs that assist the working class and poor.

Scary thought, Mitt as president. I want to progress, not regress. Vote for Obama.

Regina Thorton

Hendersonville

Inciting hatred

To the editor: The Times-News printed a character-assassinating column by Stephen Black that was filled with no facts — just crude, mean-spirited, low-brow attacks demonizing Mitt Romney’s character and the Republican Party.

Examples include Black calling Romney a “wealthy Frankenstein’s monster” and “rich, spoiled” and uncaring of the poor. He lashed out at all Republicans as a party “whose only god is the worship of mammon (money),” saying the entire party despises the poor and Republicans are hypocritical “so-called” Christians. This type of unethical journalism has no place in our community! What Black has done is purposely attempt to incite hatred and division with demagoguery and unfounded lies.

In response to this, I called the Times-News and asked Diane Norman, the managing editor, if I could write a column in rebuttal of Black. She agreed to review my rebuttal, but then she called me back and said she could not print it because this would set a dangerous precedent. The dangerous precedent was for the Times-News to allow Black to spew out vicious partisan insults with no facts to back them up.

John Allen

Hendersonville

Political signs

To the editor: The land of free speech? No matter what your political persuasion, it is not right to take political signs from someone’s property. After checking, we found out this is a countywide problem. How sad that someone cannot tolerate someone else’s opinions.

Beverly Johnson

Hendersonville

Correction

The headline on a letter to the editor in Tuesday’s edition was misleading. John J. Brandt listed executive salaries for national and international nonprofit organizations. The figures do not reflect compensation at local nonprofits.

<p>To the editor: I can’t believe the Obama administration is so inconsistent on Mideast policy.</p><p>We jumped all over Moammar Gadhafi with no-fly zones, missile attacks on military compounds and tanks when he was attacking his own people.</p><p>Bashar al-Assad in Syria has killed 30,000, and we don’t impose a no-fly zone with almost every Arab nation wanting it in the area? Are we afraid of offending Russia and Iran?</p><p>I bet even Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia could do it without our assistance if we gave them the go-ahead. We have sold them enough airplanes in the past to get the job done.</p><p><em>Fred Diehn</em></p><p><em>Horse Shoe</em></p><h3>Mitt gets my vote</h3>
<p>To the editor: Mr. Stephen Black’s column of Oct. 20 shows he believes in a different God or doesn’t understand the true God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) that we evangelical Christians believe in.</p><p>He stated that had God been elected president four years ago, He could not have changed the country for the better. My God can do whatever He chooses (Psalms 115:3). He is omnipotent and totally sovereign. So much so that nothing in this universe happens unless He causes it or allows it. He certainly could’ve changed this country, whether president or not.</p><p>Mr. Black further stated he cannot support a fat-cat Republican for president, so he will vote for President Barack Obama. His vote supports a candidate and political party that believes in same-sex marriage and abortion on demand. (More than 50 million babies have been killed in the United States since Roe v. Wade in 1973.) Consider God’s Holy inspired word on homosexuality. (Leviticus 20:13 and I Corinthians 6:9.)</p><p>As a Christian, I can’t and will not vote for a candidate who favors same-sex marriage and/or abortion on demand, regardless of political affiliation.</p><p>So, Mr. Black, Mitt Romney is the only choice I have, and he’ll have my vote.</p><p><em>J.W. Wright Jr.</em></p><p><em>Flat Rock</em></p><h3>Out of touch</h3>
<p>To the editor: I’ve made some observations about Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Obama clearly has a passion for the poor and middle class. He will never forget when he was in that position.</p><p>Romney is aloof since he has never been poor. When he speaks, his heart isn’t in it. He is truly out of touch with reality.</p><p>In the real world, people lose their jobs. People become disabled by no fault of their own. The working poor do not get a fair wage. People do need assistance with the basic necessaries to survive. Romney would cut food stamps and programs that assist the working class and poor.</p><p>Scary thought, Mitt as president. I want to progress, not regress. Vote for Obama.</p><p><em>Regina Thorton</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>Inciting hatred</h3>
<p>To the editor: The Times-News printed a character-assassinating column by Stephen Black that was filled with no facts  just crude, mean-spirited, low-brow attacks demonizing Mitt Romney’s character and the Republican Party.</p><p>Examples include Black calling Romney a wealthy Frankenstein’s monster and rich, spoiled and uncaring of the poor. He lashed out at all Republicans as a party whose only god is the worship of mammon (money), saying the entire party despises the poor and Republicans are hypocritical so-called Christians. This type of unethical journalism has no place in our community! What Black has done is purposely attempt to incite hatred and division with demagoguery and unfounded lies.</p><p>In response to this, I called the Times-News and asked Diane Norman, the managing editor, if I could write a column in rebuttal of Black. She agreed to review my rebuttal, but then she called me back and said she could not print it because this would set a dangerous precedent. The dangerous precedent was for the Times-News to allow Black to spew out vicious partisan insults with no facts to back them up.</p><p><em>John Allen</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>Political signs</h3>
<p>To the editor: The land of free speech? No matter what your political persuasion, it is not right to take political signs from someone’s property. After checking, we found out this is a countywide problem. How sad that someone cannot tolerate someone else’s opinions.</p><p><em>Beverly Johnson</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>Correction</h3>
<p>The headline on a letter to the editor in Tuesday’s edition was misleading. John J. Brandt listed executive salaries for national and international nonprofit organizations. The figures do not reflect compensation at local nonprofits.</p>